National Income Dynamics Study 2014
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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ZAF_2014_NIDS-W4_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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eg20 - Main reason behind cessation in job search (w4_a_noemsrex)
Data file: Adult_W4_Anon_V1.0
Overview
Valid:
1869
Invalid:
24950
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
12
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2247
End:
2248
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't Know | 20 |
1.1%
|
| -8 | Refused | 1 |
0.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | I became discouraged (I did not think I would ever find a job / Job search was pointless / There are no jobs to be had / It was a waste of time) | 477 |
25.5%
|
| 2 | I got pregnant/ had a child | 184 |
9.8%
|
| 3 | I had family responsibilities that prevented me from looking for a job | 225 |
12%
|
| 4 | I got married | 12 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | I could not afford the costs of looking for work | 314 |
16.8%
|
| 6 | I decided to go back to school/study further | 110 |
5.9%
|
| 7 | I became disabled | 66 |
3.5%
|
| 8 | I decided I was too old to work anymore | 154 |
8.2%
|
| 9 | The wages were too low | 48 |
2.6%
|
| 10 | I chose not to look for work | 47 |
2.5%
|
| 11 | I do not have ID documents | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 208 |
11.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 24950 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.